Seth Shostak Quotes

I am against intervention by a foreign power against us.

But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up.

Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup d'etats as a method of the change of power?

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.

Broadcast TV is like the landline of 20 years ago.

The longtime standard for American TV was 525 lines from top to bottom of the image. As a practical matter, that was roughly equivalent to 350 thousand pixels - pretty crude, given that photos made with your iPhone boast five million pixels.

England is… a country infested with people who love to tell us what to do, but who very rarely seem to know what’s going on.

Policy and politics are always mixed up.

Congress really likes the power that comes from the Highway program or messing in education.

The centuries old Westphalian state system has never resolved the tension between the principle of the sovereign equality of states and the idea that great powers enjoy certain privileges and bear special responsibilities.

I can always make trouble for who I guard and control the effort I bring.

I'm fired up about TV converter boxes.

I get better coverage on my Spanish stations than I do on my English stations.

If every man possessed everything he wanted, and no one had the power to interfere with such possession; or if no man desired thatwhich could damage his fellow-man, justice would have no part to play in the universe.

There is no urge so great as for one man to edit another man's work.

Unjust force can never give any just dominion.

Faith and character are intimately related. Faith in the power of obedience to the commandments of God will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need.

Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.

It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters.

For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.

We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects. It is equally true that religious sects ought not to interfere with the Government or with political parties. We believe that the cause of good government and the cause of religion both suffer by all such interference.

For there is no air that men so greedily draw in, that diffuses itself so soon, and that penetrates so deep as that of license.

Unity and victory are synonymous.

Writing has power, but its power has no vector. Writers can stir the mind, but they can't direct it. Time changes things, God changes things, the dictators change things, but writers can't change anything.